Mississippi Innovation Blog

Focusing on legislation designed to combat "brain drain" in Mississippi, WAPT interviewed two local startup CEOs: Bilal Qizilbash, co-founder and CEO of EasyKale Labs LLC in Jackson, and Josh Frazier, CEO of Torrus, based in Rankin County. The story by WAPT reporter Jade Bulecza asked the CEOs about a bill in…

The Mississippi Business Journal recently reported that Richard A. Sun, CFA, was named the AITP's Mississippian of the Year in 2018. The Jackson chapter or CompTIA's Association of Information Technology Award Professionals presented him with the award during a ceremony at Anjou Restaurant in Ridgeland. Sun is the former chairman…

Bac Yeast is a Hattiesburg-based company delivering specialized yeast to breweries around the country. A chemist, a microbiologist, and an engineer walk into a bar. A couple of beers later, and they have a business plan: to start their own beer lab. Ok, the idea wasn’t technically born in a…